(SS) Thomas v. Commissioner of Social Security

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ARNOLD D. THOMAS, No. 2:18-cv-1903 DB 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of Social Security1, 15 16 Defendant. 17 18 This matter is before the court on plaintiff’s motion for attorney’s fees pursuant to the 19 Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”).2 (ECF No. 21.) Plaintiff brought this action seeking 20 judicial review of a charged overpayment for Disability Insurance Benefits under Title II of the 21 Social Security Act. On March 24, 2020, the court granted plaintiff’s motion for summary 22 judgment, reversed the decision of the Commissioner of Social Security, and remanded this 23 ////

24 1 Andrew Saul became the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration on June 17, 2019. 25 See https://www.ssa.gov/agency/commissioner.html (last visited by the court on July 30, 2019). Accordingly, Andrew Saul is substituted in as the defendant in this action. See 42 U.S.C. § 26 405(g) (referring to the “Commissioner’s Answer”); 20 C.F.R. §…